The first state entirely west of the Mississippi River to be carved out of the Louisiana Territory was

Louisiana

Explanation:

Louisiana was originally the first state west of the Mississippi River and part of the Louisiana Purchase to quest for statehood. It was also the first state to seek statehood outside the limits of the original national borders, as defined by the Treaty of Paris of 1783, which ended the American Revolution.

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